Opera-chair attachment



(No Model.)

M. L. SOATTAGLIA.

OPERA CHAIR ATTACHMENT. 7

No. 599,797] Patented Mar. 1, 1898.

. LIA, a citizen of the United States, residing scribed and claimed.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATILDE L. SCA TTAGLIA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

OPERA-C HAIR ATTAC'HM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,797, dated March 1, 1898.

Application iiled August 30, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATILDE L. SCATTAG- at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Opera- Chair Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the-art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to an attachment for the backs oftheaten-chairs and other purposes which is adjustable and adapted for use as a mirror, hat-rack, and a shelf or support at the will of the user and which when not in use may be folded close down upon the chair or other back, and in such connection it relates particularly to the construction and arrangement of such an attachment.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple and easily-adjustable device or attachment adapted to be secured to the back of a theater-chair or similar support, and comprising when in use a combined mirror, hat-rack, shelf, and support for use interchangeably at the will of the user; and to this end my invention consists, primarily, of a cross-bar or bracket-united to the chairbackor other support, a mirror pivotally suspended from said bracket, a frame or bail hinged or pivoted to the ends of the crossbar and in which the mirror is adapted to swing, and a support or prop having a slotted connection with the base of the bail or frame and adapted to support the mirror in substantially horizontal position or in varying positions at an angle to the chair-back.

My invention further consists of an opera: chair attachment constructed and arranged in substantially the manner hereinafter de- The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which-=- u Figure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment embodying main features of my invention, showing the same secured to the back of an opera or theater chair and in one of its Serial in. 649,971. (No model.)

operative positions, the inoperative position of the device being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the support or prop.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a crossbar or bracket, from which depends a mirror 2, adapted to swing on the bar or bracket 1, being preferably suspended from bands or rings 11, loosely surrounding the bar 1, the bands 11 having ears 12, in which the upper edge of the mirror 2 is hooked. By preference the cross-bar or bracket 1 consists j of a roller 5, having at its ends the openings 6, into which the spindles or shanks 7 of the end eye-hooks 8 enter to form bearings for the roller 5, and through the eyes 9 of which are adapted to be passed screws'or pins to secure the hooks 8 to the back of the chair or other suitable support. These hooks 8 are preferably bent to form between the eyes 9 and spindle 7 an eye 10, into which is adapted to hook the ends 13 of a frame or bail 3, which surrounds the mirror 2 and in which the mirror is adapted to swing; The base of this frame or bail 3 is offset, as at 14, to which offset portion a prop orsupport 4 is connected, being provided with a slot 21, in which the offset 14 is inserted to connect the bail 3 to the prop 4. This support or prop 4 by preference is beveled at its lower end, as at 15, so that when the prop is-in angular relationship to the chair or other suitable back it will rest flat thereon at its lower end. The face of the prop 4 is provided with a serrated or notched facing 17, which may be of leather, rubber, or other material, and in the notches of this facing 17 the lower edge of the mirror 2 is adapted to rest, to thereby be supported in angular position, as indicated in full lines in Fig. 1. The prop or support 4 is slotted to the offset 14 at a point above the center of I bar 1 and close to the back of the chair or other support. By raising the lower edge of the mirror and elevating the prop and bail sufiiciently the mirror may be placed with its lower edge in one of the notches of the prop 4, so as to assume a substantially horizontal or angular position with respect to the chairback 16, wherein it can, if desired, be used for reflecting purposes or the upper end of the prop may be used as a pin or peg upon which a hat or coat may be hung.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising a cross-bar or bracket adapted to be secured to a chair-back or similar support, a mirror suspended from said cross-bar and adapted to swing thereon, a bail pivotally suspended from the cross-bar and in which the mirror is adapted to swing, and a support or prop in slotted engagement with the bail and adapted to support the mirror in angular position with respect to the said back orsupport, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A device of the characterdescribed, comprising a cross-bar adapted to be secured to a chair-back or other support, a mirror suspended from said cross-bar and adapted to swing thereon, a bail pivotally suspended from the ends of the cross-bar and in which the mirror is adapted toswing, and a prop in slotted engagement with said bail and having a serrated or notched inner face in which the lower edge of the mirror is adapted to rest to be therebysupported in angular position with respect to the said back or support, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

MATILDE L. SCATTAGLIA.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD P. IIIPPLE, W. C. PoLLooK. 

